The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEven in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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In the Heart’s cavity, the sole Brahman as an ever-persisting ‘I’ shines direct in the form of the Self. Into the Heart enter thyself, with mind in search or in deeper plunge. Or by restraint of life-movement be firmly poised in the Self.
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The ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.
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Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.
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Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself.
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The solution to your problem is to see who has it.
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Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
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The place where even the slightest trace of the ‘I’ does not exist, alone is Self.
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